CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0309
YAOGAN 4 DEB
YAOGAN 4 DEB (NORAD 43503) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 September 2021.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
43503
International designator
2008-061D
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
1 Dec 2008Jiuquan
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Sep 2021UTC calendar day
Time since launch
12 years, 9 months4,667 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.3°N to 82.3°SFinal inclination 97.7°
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.3°N and 82.3°S.
Life in orbit
YAOGAN 4 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Sep 2021
2 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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